Toy kick-car.



C. E: BROWN.

TOY KICK CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. I916.

1 3,%%@ Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Cant E. Brown a citizen of the United States,residing at olumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of @hio', haveinvented a new and useful lloy Kick-Car, of which the following isaspecification. I

The present invention is a toy kickor pushcar or vehicle, and is adaptedfor use by children, thetoy being so constructed that it can bepropelled over the sidewalk or pavement by the kicking or pushingac-'tion of one leg while the other is supported by the device.

It is the obj vide a novel and improved device of the nature indicatedtwhich can be readily steered by means, of a handle, said handle beingassembled with the foot board or'body in a novel manner, whereby thehandle is efiectively held in operative position, is readily swungagainst the foot board in order that the device can be shipped or storedwithin small compass, is readily removed and replaced by moving it to apredetermined position, and is unable to become detached accidentally,in either the operative or folded position of the handle.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a device of thecharacter specified which is comparatively simple and inexpensive inconstruction, which is not. liable to get out of order, and which willprove a source of amusement for children in a highly eficacious manner.

With thev foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understoodv that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view thereof,

portions of the handle being broken away, and one of the brackets beingpartially in section. Figs. 3 and t are enlarged sectional views takenon the respective lines 33 and H of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention, there is p Specification of'lettereEatenti Application tiled April a, rare. serial No. sates.

ect of the invention to pro- Patented ran. as, rare.

provided a longitudinal foot board or body 1,

preferably although not necessarily constructed of wood, and supportedadjacent its ends by a pair of roller skate trucks 2. Each of the trucks2 has a pair "of wheels 3 carried by an axle a secured to a carrier 5pivotally mounted within a bracket 6 secured in any suitable manner tothe lower surface of the' board. 'lhepivot 7 is inclined, and the twopivots are inclined in opposite directions, whereby when the board 1 1sgiven a sidewise rocking motion, the axles a Wlll be angled to steer thedevice, in practically the same manner that a roller skate is.

A pair of upstanding brackets or castings 8 are seated upon the edgeportions of the board 1 adjacent the forward end thereof,

and are provided with depending ears 9 overlapping the edges of theboard and secured thereto by means of screws 10 or in any other suitablemanner, whereby said brackets are rigid. The brackets 8 are provided attheir lower ends between the ears 9 with apertures 11 receiving theoutturned terminals 12 of a doubled rod or handle 13. This handle isformed from a resilient rod, and its limbs tend to se arate, to thereby.move a ainst the inner si es of the brackets with t e terals l2projecting out through the apertures ll, to thus pivotally connect thehandle with the brackets and board l. The brackets 8 are provided attheir upper ends with inwardly pro'ecting lugs 14:, each bracket havinga pair o them, and the limbs of the handle 13 are movable between thelugs it when the handle is brought. to operative position, as seen inFig. l. The intermediate portion or bend of the handle is approximatelytriangular, as seen in Fig. 2,-to provide the hand hold K115mm toprovide a loop forg the hand In order to revent the accidentaldetachment of the andle when in operative or folded osition, and yet toenable the handle to be etached, a metal piece 16 is secured upon theboard 1 between the brackets 8 by means of a screw 17 or other securingelement and is provided with an upwardly odset forwardly projectingtongue 18 projecting over the axis of the terminals 12 as seen in Fig.t. This tongue 18 is sciently wide, to prevent the be of the handle drawthe terminals 12 thereof from the apertures 11, and this is true eitherwhen the handle is in o erative position, as seen in Fig. 1 in fullllnes, or is in folded position, as seen in dotted lines in said figure.To swing the handle to folded position, whereby the device can hecompactly transported or stored, the limbs of the handle are pressedtogether to remove them from between the lugs 14, and the handle canthen be swung downwardly against the board 1. -To re move the handle,after the limbs thereof are pressed together so as to be able to passforwardlyfrom between the lugs 14, the handle is swung forwardly to thedotted line position in Fig. 4:. Then, the terminals of the handle canbe moved together so as to pass under the tongue 18, and this enablessaid terminals 12 to be withdrawn from the apertures 11. The handle isthus easily removed, but it must be brought to a forwardly projectingposition which the handle will never assume during the use of thedevice.

In using the device, with thehandle in operative position, as seen inFig. 1, the operator places one foot upon the board 1 and grasps thehand hold 15, the other foot be ing used to propel the device-byexerting a kicking or pushing action upon the side walk or pavement. Theoperator can thus give the car a rapid movement over the side walk oravement, and can then stand upon the board 1 to coast for a distance,and when the car again slows down, the propelling or pushing operationwill be repeated. To steer the car, the board 1- is tilted sidewise, thesame res onding to. the pressure when the operator cans to one side orthe other, which in connection with the swinging of the handle 13transversely, causes the car to be turned to one side or other, in theman the lugs 14.

intents Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. device of the 7 character described comprising a wheel mounted footboard, brackets carried thereby and having apertures, a doubledresilient handle having angular terminals projecting into saidapertures, and means for preventing the com-' plete withdrawal of saidterminals from the apertures unless the handle is swung to apredetermined position. I

device of the character described comprising a wheel mounted foot board,a pair of upstanding brackets carried thereby having apertures, adoubled resilient handle having outturned terminalsthroughsaidapertures, and a piece carried by said foot board between thebrackets and having an upwardly offset tongue to normally prevent theterminals from being moved completely out of saidapertures.

prevent said limbs from being moved together enough to completelywithdraw said terminals from said apertures when the handle is inoperative position or is swung against the board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CARL E. BROWN.

Witnesses:

H. J. COOK, J. H. HANN.

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